NY Times Article - When the Golf Course Isn't Enough

[Mark Manuel]

I am not sure if this is an interesting twist or not.  But the quote below scares me a bit.  Houses ringing a golf course never felt like a "classic."  If this trend took over would it help some of these courses that feel like you are playing down a street in between rows of houses?

“The classic model of houses ringing a golf course is dying,” said John Kirk, an architect with the New York firm Cooper Robertson & Partners, who designed homes at WaterSound, a beachside golf community in the Florida panhandle. “Instead the golf course is like a big public green,”


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/16/travel/escapes/16golfhome.html?ref=todayspaper

[Steve_ Shaffer]

There is a growing trend, albeit small, in residential golf course development for "core golf"- residential development on the perimeter of the course without the "condo canyons."

Berkeley Hall in Hilton Head and Encanterra in Queen Creek, AZ are 2 examples of this concept.

Certainly, there is housing in and around Pebble Beach and, to some extent, Merion.

[J_ Crisham]

Perimeter housing has long been in existence on some the classic courses. I  think of the beautiful estates that border but do not encroach such gems like Skokie or Knollwood. Who wouldn't enjoy the view across Royal Portrush to the Sea?

[Adam Clayman]

You have to applaud the approach of a model like Stone Eagle. Using the highest parts for golf and placing the housing below, out of the way.

There is stark difference in the developments that have housing too close to the golf course, and, like the ones mentioned above, that don't.

It speaks directly to the bottomline and mindset of the developer.